The Social Focus

Nat & Ang interview Samantha Gladish, The Holistic Wellness Foodie. 

Samantha breaks down her journey how she was led down a path of health and wellness. And comments that often health and wellness practitioners often come from a place of healing themselves first. From teaching kickboxing and Pilates, as well as working at a health food store. Each job moving her forward to leading her where she is today. 

She talks about taking course after course. Thinking this is what would move her forward in her career but realizes the importance of marketing in building a business. Learning how to sell your business and finding new clients was most important at the beginning of creating this business. 

Samantha believed in niching down early on. She was really clear on her journey wanting to focus on hormone, thyroid and weight loss. And in niching down, her following and audience grew so much quicker.

She discusses how using social media as a place to see what her audience wants and she gears her programs around this. 

The 30 Day Hormone Solution - which is Samantha’s new book which came out in December. Nat & Ang ask how this changed her career. Samantha feels this book deal came at the right time of her life. She knows it wouldn’t have been this successful at any other point of her path. Being an author definitely has elevated her credentials. Getting the book deal was actually quite simple. She was interviewed by the publishers. Although nerve racking, it turned out great! And they were in, and willing to invest. 

What's her best pieces of advice to a woman with hormonal issues?Listen to your body, start to build your health team and get sleep.

Right now she is offering a rogram “The Metabolic Reset”! Changing the impact of food and stress on their bodies. Running the program for 2 years. And sooooo many success stories and testimonials have come back from past clients.  

Samantha is a leader in her industry and provides some incredible takeaways in this in-depth interview including some amazing tips to get you aligned for spring. 

To Reach out to Samantha Gladish 

She can be found 

IG - @holisticwellnessfoodie 

Podcast - Healthy Hormones For Women Podcast 

Website - www.holisticwellness.ca 

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In today's final episode in the Invested Success Series, Nat and Ang chat with Gemma Bonham-Carter. Gemma is a Digital Product Strategist who has coached hundreds of students through launching and scaling their businesses with online courses, memberships, and digital downloads. This year alone, she has helped clients rake in a staggering $650,000+! 

"Describe what a membership is." Gemma says a membership is comparable to a subscription based service such as Netflix. That subscription based model is used in an online capacity to teach. It's a tool to deliver content and serve your audience on a month to month basis.

"What value can a membership bring?" Gemma details that the value you receive in a membership compared to a traditional online course is the ongoing support and community aspects. These are really valuable for the learning experience and is really complimentary to the lessons and skills students will learn within the membership. Students are able to learn and develop new skills but typically stay within a membership community for the ongoing support it provides.

Nat asks, "how was running your membership, The Passive Project Membership, affected your brand?" Gemma details that it has opened an opportunity to serve students in a greater numbers at an affordable rate in contrast to her private 1:1 services. A membership allows her to serve to continue to provide coaching calls, Q&A's and full access to her for support and expertise.

Gemma explains that when you are looking to promote and fill your membership to be very clear on who you are trying to attract within the membership. They need to be very aligned and on similar paths. It's also a platform that provides real-time response and information.

Memberships are also great opportunities that provide monthly recurring revenue, especially with a good churn rate (which is membership speak for low-turnover of members leaving).

In terms of balancing work and family life, Nat asks Gemma how has implementing a membership services into her business has affected her family life. Gemma describes her "shtick" to be creating a business that doesn't need to be run 24/7. It's an opportunity to allow school drop-offs and pick-ups, travel and freedom with family.

"What piece of advice she would give to those looking to start a membership?" to which Gemma chats about the value in tapping into the audience you already have and seek out their struggles and pain points. Tune in at the 12:58 mark for some BIG tips from Gemma! And at 13:53 she shares a surprising fact about how she started her membership!


Connect with Gemma!
www.gemmabonhamcarter.com
List Building Freebie:
www.gemmabonhamcarter.com/listgrowth
gemmabonhamcarter.com/class
Instagram @gemma.bonhamcarter

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The Invested Success Series was created to educate you on the multitude of opportunities that are available to entrepreneurs everywhere. The question is, which one is right for you and your business? The series is fast-paced: five questions in under 25 minutes.

Today's episode is like two episodes packed into one as the ladies chat about investing in an online course as well as an in-person class or workshop.

To start, Nat interviews Ang to discuss the details of launching an online course. Ang describes the intention and process behind creating her first online course: from which platform she chose, what she included and what changes she would make in the future. Ang describes that online courses are a fantastic way to accommodate a larger audience, teach on something that you're passionate and knowledgeable about while keeping costs manageable for the members.

In the second half, the ladies chat with Owner and Operator of Cellar 82, Kasey Boudreau. Cellar 82 is a renovated 1967 Airstream® trailer turned it into a one-of-a-kind mobile bar and lounge. It offers a stylish alternative to the traditional catered bar, that has serviced hundreds of weddings, birthdays, and large scale events. It's so versatile that it can be used for pretty much anything!

Kasey chats with Nat and Ang about creating opportunities in her off-season by offering cocktail classes inside this unique mobile bar. She also discusses how utilizing social media in unique ways during the current global situation to continue to entertain, reach and grow her audience.

And to wrap up the episode, Kasey shares a great recipe for a French 75 cocktail! All you need is some bubbles (champagne but process can work), gin and lemon juice. Or if you've got access to some delicious flavoured balsamic, go ahead and swap that out for the lemon!

More about Kasey Boudreau of Cellar 82:
www.cellar82.ca
On Instagram @cellar92

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Nat & Ang continue on with their Invested Success Series. And Ang puts Nat in the hot seat asking her questions about being in a mastermind. 

What is a Mastermind? 

It's a meeting with a group of business professionals that respect one another, and give peer to peer mentoring. Not just around business, about also touching on self help and personal development. 

What is are the largest benefits of being part of a Mastermind? 

Nat explains it’s the accountability, and second fold, receiving business advice from top notch business owners that are like-minded and that she respects completely. Being very picky about who should be invited into your mastermind is one of the most important parts to starting a mastermind. 

How would you go about starting a Mastermind? Is there criteria to start? 

1. Find a group of people who are committed  

2. And people you respect fully in their opinions 

3. Choose how long and how often you want to meet 

4. Help each other grow regularly 

5. Have an agenda and a time keeper 

Nat and a peer spoke on the phone one day on how “You are the sum of the five people you spend the most time with”. And decided to create a group with five individuals - spending lots of time with these four individuals and the fifth being your spouse - this was worked for them. 

Is there an ideal number of members in a Mastermind? 

Nat prefers a smaller group, but knows of a other masterminds that contain over 50 people. 

How has this pandemic changed her Mastermind? 

Because a mastermind is a group of people committed to each other, they have always kept their meetings as a priority. Whether someone is sick, or on vacation, they never miss a meeting. And have conducted great meetings thru zoom conference calls. 

The only difference is that we now get on a call once a week to check in with each other and make sure everyone is doing okay. But everything is still business as usual in regards to the monthly meetings. 

They discuss why they created this series. It’s about learning about different ways that you can invest in yourself and your business. And with a mastermind, seeing how far they have come in two years of being in each others lives is inspiring. 

Nat ends the conversation discussing that it’s really important to network and get out there to be part of a group. Even if it’s not a mastermind.  

Napoleon Hill wrote in The Law of Success in 1925, all about Masterminds. Almost 100 years ago! 

Let’s Put This Episode Into Focus: 

1. Masterminds are built on mutual Respect 

2. Commitment is Key 

3. It’s not all business. There is room for personal growth. 

4. Masterminds are all about Accountability 

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The Invested Success Series was created to educate you on the multitude of opportunities that are available to entrepreneurs everywhere. The question is, which one is right for you and your business? The series is fast-paced: five questions in under 25 minutes.

In today's episode, Nat and Ang chat with Leisse Wilcox. Leisse is a life and mindset coach who helps women create harmony and balance in their business, life, and love. 

Nat and Ang ask a series of questions to better educate you on what it could look like if you decide to invest in a coach. Some of the questions they ask are, "can you describe what a life or lifestyle coach is?  What the fears vs the facts of working with a coach? And what impact can a coach have specifically, for entrepreneurs looking to build and grow their business?"

In light of the current global situation among the covid-19 pandemic, our hosts chat with Leisse on how she's adapting and pivoting her business to still connect and meet her clients needs. And before the episode wraps up, they do get into discussing the hit Netflix show, Tiger King. Listen to how it all unfolds. 

More about Leisse Wilcox:
Leisse Wilcox is a passionate speaker, dynamic thought leader, author, NLP practitioner, podcast host, taco enthusiast, cancer survivor, and mom of three, her entire experience has been about coming home to her truest self, and to call herself “beloved.”

Leisse teaches audiences to turn the difficult and ugly into something purposeful and beautiful, using a process she calls “Emotional Alchemy,”and genuinely believes that changing the world starts by making the changes we want to see within ourselves, first.
 
Her intention is to guide people to come home to themselves, giving them permission to live, authentically. Leisse’s first book To Call Myself Beloved will be available in the fall of 2020, and you can watch her on Season 2 of Amazon Prime's "The Social Movement."
 
Instagram: @leissewilcox
Online: www.leissewilcox.ca
Youtube: /leissewilcox
Podcast To Call Myself Beloved: The Podcast with Leisse Wilcox

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The Invested Success Series was created to educate you on the multitude of opportunities that are available to entrepreneurs everywhere. The question is, which one is right for you and your business? The series is fast-paced: five questions in under 25 minutes.

In today’s episode, Nat and Ang discuss the value in a hosted retreat. They welcomed special guest, Sabrina Greer to share her experience and expertise on what a retreat is and how it can impact your professional and personal growth as well as advice on whether you should consider hosting one of your own. Sabrina recently hosted her Boss Mama Retreat and through our discussion she shares how she has pivoted from hosting a retreat into an online summit.

In some of the takeaways from todays episode, Nat and Ang learned that vision is so important when considering hosting a retreat. Retreats are also meant to nourish people. Considering hosting or attending a retreat? Then you must tune in to todays episode.

The Boss Mama Summit begins today and runs until April 3, 2020 but participants will have access for 60 days once registered.  You can purchase your ticket HERE
Tickets are $49 and $2 from every ticket is going to Mamas for Mamas (a Kelowna BC based charity) and 100% of the remaining proceeds will be going back into the community via grants. With thirty guest speakers, including Registered Nutritionist and Wellness Educator, Mona Sharma, Life and Mindset Coach Leisse Wilcox you are sure to feel all the love and inspiration in this online version summit.

More about Sabrina Greer:

On Instagram @ygtmama

Online www.ygtmama.com

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In this episode, Nat & Ang discuss the importance of entrepreneurs to be resourceful and resilient...even during a global pandemic with an unstable economy. Through past experiences, such as Nat's takeaways from the last recession to opportunities that are available to nurture and grow your business right now; Nat and Ang bring it all. And to think... that they almost didn't record this episode! You've got to listen to find out why.

Love what you hear? Nat and Ang would love to hear from you! Head on over to Apple Podcast and after you've subscribed, be sure to leave a rating and review. Who knows, they may read your review on air!

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Nat & Ang will be live, Thursday April 9, 2020 to discuss styling and shooting from your phone! Tips and techniques to take pics like a pro! Visit them on instagram at @thesocial.focus and hit the link in bio to register.

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In this episode, Nat & Ang are continuing to practice Social Distancing. But that doesn't mean that business has to come to a halt. It's time to get ahead of the curve and plan ahead.  

They share their thoughts around what you can be doing with this gift of time. 

From social media creation and content writing to organizing both your office space and your home. There are so many opportunities and rewards to decluttering and organizing so that when things are on the up and up again, you will be ready. 

Stay tuned for the upcoming WEBINAR! Sit down with your favourite beverage... and Nat & Ang as they discuss all things social strategy for your biz... and life.

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In this bonus episode, Nat & Ang address the reality of the recent pandemic and how business owners can keep morale high and seize the opportunity to work ON their business (even if they can't work in their business). They discuss developing new routines of operation, staying connected to your audience in these changing times and the opportunity business owners have to start planning for the future. As always, they strive to educate entertain and empower business growth, even in these unchartered times.

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In today's solo episode, Nat gets into some great takeaways on how to write better captions for social media. And these takeaways can be used for most platforms. 

She keeps it point form and straight forward. And puts the episode into focus.

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